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this past weekend as glenn beck hosted his restoring honor rally he asked the crowd this weekend to turn this country back to god but what is not really me which god are we talking about we'll debate the place of religion in america today then archie correspondent preassure there will tell us how people in the wheezy emma were forced to hand over their guns during hurricane katrina so is this an example of martial law being enforced unlawfully or should police have the right to disarm civilians when they deem necessary then we'll speak with a colonel from the u.s. army reserve who wrote a scathing op ed on the bloated bureaucracy and the mindless reliance on power points in the war in afghanistan he has now been fired for sharing those thoughts so we will speak to the man himself to see what drove him to risk his job but now let's move on to our top story. while political rallies were taking center stage in d.c. this past weekend a concert taking place outside of the beltway was exploring how the direction of hip hop has taken a more corporate main street turn and last fall that's politi
this past weekend as glenn beck hosted his restoring honor rally he asked the crowd this weekend to turn this country back to god but what is not really me which god are we talking about we'll debate the place of religion in america today then archie correspondent preassure there will tell us how people in the wheezy emma were forced to hand over their guns during hurricane katrina so is this an example of martial law being enforced unlawfully or should police have the right to disarm civilians...
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beck is able to stir up a certain portion of the country. that's been true throughout our history. >> woodruff: that much was evident by the large turnout on the natiol mall saturday. for more on the rally and the man behind it we are join joined by kate zernike of the "new york times" and author of the soon-to-be-released book, "boiling mad: inside tea party america." and david von drehle, editor-at- large for "time" magazine. ood to you have both with us. david, i'm going to start with you. you did write time's cover story on glenn back last year. remind us who he is, where he came from. tell us a little bit about his background. >> well, glenn beck comes from top 40 morning zoo radio. that's where he started out his career as a goofy guy doing radio stunts. he did that through the '80s and the '90s. he has talked about his battles with alcoholism. he conquered that in part by joining the mormon church, straightened out his life and since then has been moving in the direction of becoming more of a conservative talk radio host. but his poli
beck is able to stir up a certain portion of the country. that's been true throughout our history. >> woodruff: that much was evident by the large turnout on the natiol mall saturday. for more on the rally and the man behind it we are join joined by kate zernike of the "new york times" and author of the soon-to-be-released book, "boiling mad: inside tea party america." and david von drehle, editor-at- large for "time" magazine. ood to you have both with us....
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beck. no one said anything contrary that i know of the he first was going to have it in september when it came to the date of august 2th. even though by then, a couple as go we decided we would go to washington to a school this year. no one said anything. until he started saying he was going to reclaim the civil rights movement and reclaim the moment. that's when we said, well, wait a minute, this is a civil rights day. we already commemorated the speech of dr. king was about having government protect civil rights. and that's what we took issue with. the fact that he decided at the last moment, it appears that he is going to turn this into a religious rally or revival, i think the term you used, he has a right to do that. we have a right when he said he was going to reclaim the civil rights movement, to object to his trying to position, which clearly does not seem like one that involved in civil rights to try to have that as his day or as his justification for his day. >> larry: dana, why d
beck. no one said anything contrary that i know of the he first was going to have it in september when it came to the date of august 2th. even though by then, a couple as go we decided we would go to washington to a school this year. no one said anything. until he started saying he was going to reclaim the civil rights movement and reclaim the moment. that's when we said, well, wait a minute, this is a civil rights day. we already commemorated the speech of dr. king was about having government...
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and i'm not going to speak for glenn beck. but i will say that i think that, that the original purpose of it was not just to restore faith to the idea, the origins of this country to honor our military, the special operations warriors foundation, fantastic group, but i don't think that glenn beck was saying that he is going to reclaim the civil rights movement. i think that the dream that dr. martin luther king jr. spoke of 47 years ago on the steps of the lincoln memorial was an american dream. i think this is something that dr. alvada king said on the steps as well. just on saturday. she said that we are one race. we are an american race. this was an event about unity. i don't think there was any malicious purpose. anything other than that, that was the whole reason for having this event. >> larry: al, there are some supporters of the restoring honor rally criticizing you saying you didn't plan to do anything commemorating dr. king's speech until beck announced his rally. >> well that is not true. we announced it in april at
and i'm not going to speak for glenn beck. but i will say that i think that, that the original purpose of it was not just to restore faith to the idea, the origins of this country to honor our military, the special operations warriors foundation, fantastic group, but i don't think that glenn beck was saying that he is going to reclaim the civil rights movement. i think that the dream that dr. martin luther king jr. spoke of 47 years ago on the steps of the lincoln memorial was an american...
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glenn beck on the steps of the lincoln memorial. and the crowds who gathered, estimated at anywhere from 87,000 to more than 300,000. and, for those who expected beck's patented focus on liberals and the deficit, a confounding surprise. a kind of call for a religious awakening. what was this about? some thoughts from john donvan. >> praise be to god. >> reporter: and lo the multitudes gathered near a shining water -- >> just pray, but pray on your knees. >> reporter: and a man with a preacher's demeanor fed them, with words anyway. >> feed, what the lord is putting in front of you now. >> reporter: and if glenn beck did not serve the usual supper of stimulus plan stabbing and obama's socialist singing that many of his followers perhaps had come to see -- >> it is time to start the heart of this nation again and put it where it belongs. our heart with god. >> reporter: this gentle nonpartisan swag to the day, beck told the crowd, was not what he had originally planned. >> i thought it was supposed to be political. >> reporter: but th
glenn beck on the steps of the lincoln memorial. and the crowds who gathered, estimated at anywhere from 87,000 to more than 300,000. and, for those who expected beck's patented focus on liberals and the deficit, a confounding surprise. a kind of call for a religious awakening. what was this about? some thoughts from john donvan. >> praise be to god. >> reporter: and lo the multitudes gathered near a shining water -- >> just pray, but pray on your knees. >> reporter: and...
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that is the dream and the vision of glenn beck. you will have to wonder what was the audience participation, what will they give back? i saw glenn beck's is alive tears. -- eyes full of tears. what would jesus, if he stood here right now, what would be expected of this great audience? where you stand, you will see there were three women in the ministry of jesus christ. there were many men and many churches but there were three classical women who stood out in his ministry just like you stand out in the ministry of dr. glenn beck. one of those women came and said she gave all she had which was two mice. we call them the widow mic she gave them as a gift when jesus gave the offering. she gave all and she had. it was so powerful until jesus stock to the offering and said, "this woman will be remembered because her name iwritten down in the book of life." you did nocome for nothing. you came to give your gift which would be a gift of yourself. this woman gave the best she had which was a box of alignment. she anointed jesus's feet. can
that is the dream and the vision of glenn beck. you will have to wonder what was the audience participation, what will they give back? i saw glenn beck's is alive tears. -- eyes full of tears. what would jesus, if he stood here right now, what would be expected of this great audience? where you stand, you will see there were three women in the ministry of jesus christ. there were many men and many churches but there were three classical women who stood out in his ministry just like you stand...
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as i take my seat, i am delighted to note that glenn beck -- to know that glenn beck is here on this day. this is something we can all celebrate, standing on common ground, but in preparing for "i have a dream," he read the words of jesus, to care for the poor and incarcerated. the world is equally balanced with a good and evil, and your next act will tip the scale. thank you. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> they are still coming in. they are still coming in. keep moving down, and gradually -- let me now born to the podium from a baptist church in detroit -- let me now bring to the podium from a baptist church in detroit -- you know what? i am sitting up here looking. big time baptist church in detroit. please welcome the reverend christian adams. >> we bring you greetings from detroit, michigan, and we thank god for those who made the drive from detroit, michigan, and from every state. we are going to march against injustice. people ask us, why are you still marching? in 2010? well, my mind went
as i take my seat, i am delighted to note that glenn beck -- to know that glenn beck is here on this day. this is something we can all celebrate, standing on common ground, but in preparing for "i have a dream," he read the words of jesus, to care for the poor and incarcerated. the world is equally balanced with a good and evil, and your next act will tip the scale. thank you. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning...
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that says they are going to show take a closer look at glenn beck's conservative rally was.
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host: on the glenn beck rallies -- glenn beck last night open up his own websitethe blaze -- his own website, "the blaze." >> phone call. expectations for iraq? caller: i am expecting iraq's economy takes off. and i think democrats, republicans, and independents alike will understand the fact that iraq can add to the bailout the deficits of the ninth stage once they get industrialized. host: chicago. democratic line. you are next. caller: how are you this morning? host: good morning, carl. caller: my feeling is i am glad we are pulling our troops out. i know that it is probably not going to be peaceful over there -- you might -- some might want to keep troops there forever. but i think the media was wrong -- saying george bush is right. how will you say something about him being right when they never challenged bush about lying about the war in the first place? 4000 of our troops died over these lies. so, president obama says george was right -- no, never. these people died. 36,000 wounded. many seriously. but in the future, i expect that they are still going to be -- have not even f
host: on the glenn beck rallies -- glenn beck last night open up his own websitethe blaze -- his own website, "the blaze." >> phone call. expectations for iraq? caller: i am expecting iraq's economy takes off. and i think democrats, republicans, and independents alike will understand the fact that iraq can add to the bailout the deficits of the ninth stage once they get industrialized. host: chicago. democratic line. you are next. caller: how are you this morning? host: good...
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laughter] he heard that a few hundred thousand of his closest friends were coming to see a guy named glen beck tomorrow. [cheers and applause] again, i'm sure it's a coincidence, but the president decided it was time for another vacation. it was time to get out of washington. so congratulations, you're already making a difference for our nation. [cheers and applause] well, for the last two years we've seen this president and this congress under nancy pelosi and harry reid. they have ignored us while pursuing a radical, big government, big-spending, washington bureaucrats know best agenda. and we've seen what they have done. they have piled on debt. they have run of record deficits. they have passed job-killing, freedom crushing legislation like this health care takeover. they had their say. they have ignored us and you, and they have had their say. guess what? in about 64 days the american people get their say, don't they? you bet they do. [cheers and applause] >> and i will tell you, this is not a partisan statement because it applies to politicians in both parties who voted for big governmen
laughter] he heard that a few hundred thousand of his closest friends were coming to see a guy named glen beck tomorrow. [cheers and applause] again, i'm sure it's a coincidence, but the president decided it was time for another vacation. it was time to get out of washington. so congratulations, you're already making a difference for our nation. [cheers and applause] well, for the last two years we've seen this president and this congress under nancy pelosi and harry reid. they have ignored us...